Making Knowledge

Explorations of the Indissoluble Relation Between Mind, Body and Environment
Herausgegeben von Marchand, Trevor H. J.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Making Knowledge presents the work of leading anthropologists who promote pioneering approaches to understanding the nature and social constitution of human knowledge. The book offers a progressive interdisciplinary approach to the subject and covers a rich and diverse ethnography.

Presents cutting-edge research and theory in anthropology

Includes many beautiful illustrations throughout

The contributions cover a rich and diverse ethnography

Offers a progressive interdisciplinary approach to the eternal questions concerning 'human knowledge'

Contributions by leading scholars in the field who explore a wide range of disciplines through an anthropological perspective

Produktdetails

• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781444338928
• ISBN-10: 1444338927
• Artikelnr.: 32209939

Autorenporträt

Trevor H. J. Marchand is Professor of Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. As a trained architect and qualified furniture maker, he has conducted fieldwork with craftspeople in Arabia, West Africa and the United Kingdom. His research focuses on apprenticeship, cognition and communication. Marchand is the author of Minaret Building & Apprenticeship in Yemen (2001) and The Masons of Djenné (2009), and co-producer of the documentary film Future of Mud (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on contributors. Preface. Trevor H.J. Marchand: Introduction: Making
knowledge: explorations of the indissoluble relation between mind, body,
and environment. 1 Greg Downey: 'Practice without theory': a
neuroanthropological perspective on embodied learning. 2 Tom Rice: Learning
to listen: auscultation and the transmission of auditory knowledge. 3 Anna
Odland Portisch: The craft of skilful learning: Kazakh women's everyday
craft practices in western Mongolia. 4 Nicolette Makovicky: 'Something to
talk about': notation and knowledge-making among Central Slovak
lace-makers. 5 Trevor H.J. Marchand: Embodied cognition and communication:
studies with British fine woodworkers. 6 Tim Ingold: Footprints through the
weather-world: walking, breathing, knowing. 7 Konstantinos Retsikas:
Unconscious culture and conscious nature: exploring East Javanese
conceptions of the person through Bourdieu's lens. 8 Soumhya Venkatesan:
Learning to weave; weaving to learn ... what? 9 Roy Dilley: Reflections on
knowledge practices and the problem of ignorance. 10 Emma Cohen:
Anthropology of knowledge. Index.